2.9 miles away
Cosmo Dog Park
Lake for the dogs to play in. Separate areas for active and timid dogs. Ramadas, tables and benches available. Lighted for use at night. Named for Cosmo, the first police dog in Gilbert.
Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch
Walking paths through a series of ponds. Bring your camera, several hundred different types of birds come here every year. The park also contains an observatory, dinosaur find and archeology find areas. Year-round fishing at the Water Ranch Lake (permits required).
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Gilbert
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 25.5 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- No data
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- low
Visiting
- Official website
- gilbertaz.gov(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 33.3640, -111.7350
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12
Where it is
Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch is a natural landmark near Gilbert, in Maricopa County. It is one of the natural landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
This place scores 25.5 out of 100, at low confidence. No official visitor count is published for it, so the score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Description: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab), used under CC BY-SA 4.0(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates and designations: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
- Official site: https://www.gilbertaz.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/parks-information/parks/riparian-preserve-at-water-ranch(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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